Draft attachment for tractors



W. GAIDA.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS.

AFFUCAHON FILED NOV. II, 1918.

Patented Oct. 26; 1929.

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APPLLCATWN FILED NOV. 11, I918.

1,356,705, Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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INVENTORS Wail/e Ga/da.

' 'T I'r'IvRNEY.

WALE GAIIDA, HILLSBORO TEXASI DRAFT e'r'mcnmmrr FOR rmcrons.

To allwhom it may concern: Be it known that I, WALE GAIDA, a c1t1- zen of the United States residing at Hillsboro, in the county of Hill and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft Attachments for Tractors, of which the following 1s a speclfication.

My invention relates to improvements n tractors especially that class of tractors used for farming purposes and 1n such connection it relates more particularly to the novel means employed in the construction and arrangement of such a tractor.

The ordinary farm tractor usually carries as a trailer the planter, cultivator or other in the means employe farm implement. such as is generally drawn by horses or mules, the drlvers seat, operating levers, etc., being situated on the implement frame.

- The principal object of my mvention 1s the provision of a tractor wherem the planter, cultivator or other farm nnplement may be embodied in and made a part of the farm tractor.

Another main object of my invention 1s the provision of a driving mechanism whlch is sofarranged and located as to permit of the interchangeable use of the tractor for the various farm implements.

Another object of m invention resides and the arrangement of the steering wheels, and finally, my

object is to provide a tractor wherein the power from the engine may be utilized to drive, for instance, a wood saw or to propel whee s and axle, showing the steering 'ar-' ran ement. .2

1 1g. 4 is a detall perspective view of the Specification of Letters Patent.

frame, driving rod, etc., shown in cross sec- Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed November 11, 1918. swarm. 261.946.

bar for attaching the various farm imple- I ments, and y I Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view ofv a portion of the frame and connecting rod wlth cultivatorshovels attached.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the hood covering the engine of a tractor, some of the engine parts being indicated, the engine resting on the frame '2 of the tractor, the frame supported by driving 44= (see Fig. 3), the driving wheels mounted von an axle 5, the steering wheels on a V shaped axle 7, which steering wheels will be referred to later.

Connected to the two parts of the 'frame 2--2 iiust behind the rear axle 5 is a horizonta rod 8 which rod is curved downward and then inward as shown in Fig. 2,. the two ends of the rod 8 enlarged as at 9 and slotted as'indicated at 10. A rod 11 made in one piece with the enlarged slotted end of bar or rod 8 and connected to the frame 2 as shown in Fig. 1, keeps'the rod 8 rlgid. Between the slots in'the ends of rod 8 is placed a slotted or perforated bar 12 .(see Fig. 4) which is pivotally connected between said slots through holes 13 in bar 12 by bolts 14. v ,2

On the rear end of the frame -22 is a seat 15 in front of which is an ordinary sector gear 16 with handle lever 17 and in and release 18 and 19. The sector gear as a projectlon or short arm 20 carrying a pivotally connected rod 21 for'the up and down movement of the .cultivator, etc., when raismg or lowermg same. The illustration at Fig. 5 shows cultiyator shovels attached directly 1n the slots 10, the perforated or slotted bar 12 being removed, and Fig. 1 at 22 v shows a planter attached to the bar 12 by a coupling 23 and pin 24 through'one of the holes 25 in the bar 12.

Situated near' the sector -'gear 16- is a guide lever 26 for steering the front wheels of the tractor, the lever arranged to swing on a pin 27 in frame 2. The lower end of this guide lever'26 is pivotally connected to a relatively long rod 28 which is arranged -whe els 3-3 with the usual gearing and 'drivlng rod as shown, and steering wheels to turn at its opposite end in an eyelet 29 on an arm 30 connected to the front axle 7 of the steeringwheels, the axle 7 a short oted, the wheel and a portion of the axle bein the y wheel shaft 40 of the engine is conadapted to swing on a. pin 7 the arm and a similar arm 30 being pivotally connected by an upwardly bent rod 31, so that pulling or push ng on the guide lever 26 will swing the front wheels in the desired direction.

.The front or steering wheels of the tractor are spaced apart the same distance as the'rear or drive wheels to allow of the trac-- tor straddling several rows in the field at the same time, the. front axle forming an inverted V shape adapted to straddle the row or rows in the field.

On the side of the frame 2 to the right-of the en ine is mounted a pulley 32 connected to a similar pulley or belt wheel 33 by a shaft34, the smaller belt pulley connected by a belt 35 t6'tl1e*flywheel.36 of the engine. The pulley 32 is adapted for connection with machinery such, for instance, as a wood saw or may be connected to a pump, etc. a

In my present invention the driving mechanism is located some distance above the axle to permit the tractor to straddle rows of growing. plants when a cultivator is drawn. As shown in the drawings,

the counter shaft 43 one or both wheels 3 through pinion 44 meshing w1th the gear wheel 45 fixed to the joint with the power which revolves in a ported on 'the platnected by a universal trans ion shaft 41 tubular bearing 42 su form of the tractor.

which in turn drives interior of the wheel 3. The counter shaft 43 has its bearings in the underside of the frame 2 of the tractor.

Having thus described the nature and objects of .my invention, what I claim as new and deslre to secure byLetters Patent, 1s'- he shaft 41 operates- A draft attachment for a tractor, com- 7 prising ahorizontal bar, having means for attachment to the tractor frame, said bar being bent downward with its lower ends slotted to receive a relatively long, flat member, formed to fit in and be pivotally connected to the downwardl bent ends of said slotted bar, saidlong, at member being perforated for the attachment of an implement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WALE GAIDA. 

